Given name
Haileigh
“from the field of hay”
Haileigh is a variant of Haley. One English interpretation is “from the field of hay.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Haileigh is a variant of Haley. One English interpretation is “from the field of hay.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Haileigh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,833
- 0 boys · 1,833 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 115 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,729 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −45%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,729 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 44.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 115 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,460 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Haileigh’s family of names
Haileigh has a related form in Haley.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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